Turbomachinery Lead Engineer

The role

You will lead the development of turbomachinery for a high thrust liquid rocket engine. This role involves managing a team of engineers and overseeing technical decisions for turbopumps and surrounding infrastructures.

What you will do

• Managing and mentoring a team of engineers
• Ensuring the proper development of complex turbomachinery systems
• Leading technical decisions for turbopumps and surrounding infrastructures
• Participating in the preparation of proposals writing in collaboration with the Business Team
• Overseeing tests to validate the performance and reliability of turbopump components
• Identifying, evaluating, and collaborating with suppliers
• Anticipating risks for the turbopumps development and proposing mitigation actions

Required qualifications

• Master's Degree or higher (or NZ and AUS Bachelor with honors) in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related and applicable technical discipline
• Minimum of 10 years of related experience
• Proven experience leading projects from early design phases through development test campaigns until hardware qualification
• Strong understanding of liquid-propellant rocket and engines as systems
• Strong fundamentals in thermodynamics and mechanical design
• Some understanding of problems of machine dynamics, such as rotordynamics
• Good understanding of industry standard and emerging manufacturing methods and their respective constraints
• Proven experience in external suppliers handling
• Fluent in English

Nice to have

• German is an asset

Benefits

• Relocation assistance is provided
• Visa sponsorship where applicable

Before you apply

• All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check
• Visa sponsorship where applicable

About the company

The Exploration Company is building spacecraft for humanity and developing its own Propulsion Systems.